get the troops out.

If one of our troops has a malfunction or runs out of ammunition, he or she can still continue the engagement with opposition weaponry if they know how to use it.

There's a lot of technology on the battlefield to better track the position of our troops.

We reject any plan that is not about withdrawing the troops and bringing them home immediately.

I don't doubt every colonel wishes he had more in his area, but the decisions about how troops are (deployed) are made by the commanders above them.

He has a way of telling stories, one of the best I've ever heard.